Marcel Dzama: The Journal
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Publish Date: 2024
Spotlighting the narrative and mythical imagery of Marcel Dzama’s work, this one-of-a-kind blank book holds a unique space for creative play and contemplation.
“Enjoy what you are making, people can feel it in the work. . . . I feel that art has been a good escape from the reality we are in.” —Marcel Dzama
Drawing inspiration from folklore and fairy tales and incorporating art-historical influences, Marcel Dzama’s work has secured a cult following of musicians and artists and the general public alike. His celestial imagery, masked characters, and aquatic scenes resonate with viewers of all ages and backgrounds. The vibrant and fantastical work featured on the cover and endpapers of Dzama’s first Artist Journal enchants the mind and encourages unbridled expression.
Each journal is beautifully crafted in Verona, Italy.
Details
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Artist: Marcel Dzama
Contributors: The Artist Journals
Publication Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781644231227
Retail: $35 | $45 CAN | £25
Status: Available
Designer: Sarah Schrauwen
Printer: VeronaLibri, Verona
Binding: Hardcover, with collectible bookmark
Dimensions: 7 × 9.75 in | 17.8 × 24.8 cm
Pages: 160
Reproductions: 2 illustrations
Artist and Contributors
Marcel Dzama
Since rising to prominence in the late 1990s, Marcel Dzama (b. 1974) has developed an immediately recognizable visual language that investigates human action and motivation, as well as the blurred relationship between the real and the subconscious. Drawing equally from folk vernacular as from art-historical and contemporary influences, Dzama’s work visualizes a universe of childhood fantasies and otherworldly fairy tales.
The Artist Journals
The Artist Journals go beyond canonical art to capture the modern and contemporary spirit of today’s most acclaimed painters, sculptors, and other major creative forces. Created in close collaboration with each artist or artist’s estate, these beautifully produced blank books—with their stunning wraparound cover artwork, endpapers, patterned interior pages, and bellybands that transform into collectible bookmarks—are works of art themselves, designed to inspire, collect, and gift to a wide audience.
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